COMING ATTRACTIONS: ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEAN.
Today is the 65th deathiversary of James Dean, who died in a car crash on a lonely stretch of highway five hours north of Los Angeles in Cholame, CA. I’m sitting here tonight working on my upcoming fanzine ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEAN (Issue #30) which will focus on my road trip to Dean’s death site in 2018. I was on my way to the San Franciso Zine Fest and wanted to retrace Dean’s death drive. Lucky for me, I made it to my final destination. As we all know, Dean wasn’t so lucky. I have so many great photos and stories that will be in the fanzine, so stay tuned. Until then, CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: JAMES DEAN (ISSUE #6).
DEATHIVERSARY: JAMES DEAN (Sept. 30, 1955)
CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: JAMES DEAN (Issue #6) And stayed tuned for Issue #30 DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEAN (Issue 30) where I retrace Dean’s death drive. It was such a trippy road trip. I’ll never forget it and you can read all about soon!
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DEATHIVERSARY: LARRY BREEDING (SEPTEMBER 28, 1982)
𝙻𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚙-𝚊𝚗𝚍-𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚅 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝟽𝟶𝚜/𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝟾𝟶𝚜, 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚊𝚜 "𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝙱𝚘𝚊𝚝" 𝚊𝚗𝚍 "𝙴𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝙴𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑." 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 "𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚛" 𝚒𝚗 "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝." 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝟷𝟻 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜. 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝-𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 "𝙻𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎 & 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚢." 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛, 𝙿𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚁𝚘𝚋 𝚁𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐'𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚟𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚟𝚎. 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚅𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚂𝚝. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝟹𝟼 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚢.
DEATHIVERSARY: MILES DAVIS (September 28, 1991)
𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 "𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚗𝚎𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚊," 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚂𝚝. 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗'𝚜 𝙷𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 (𝟸𝟷𝟸𝟷 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊 𝙱𝚕𝚟𝚍.) 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊, 𝙲𝙰. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗 "𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚐𝚎," 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚊. 𝙾𝚗 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟸𝟾, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟷, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝, 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜' 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟼𝟻 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍. 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜' 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎, 𝚙𝚗𝚎𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚊, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚉𝚃, 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚐 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝙷𝙸𝚅 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝙸𝙳𝚂.
WILL SAMPSON (September 27, 1933 / June 3, 1987)
𝙸’𝚖 𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 "𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝙵𝚕𝚎𝚠 𝙾𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚘𝚘’𝚜 𝙽𝚎𝚜𝚝” 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚘𝚗’𝚜 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚍𝚎𝚗 - 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚎. 𝚈𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 “𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎,” 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚎, 𝚒𝚗 “𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝙸𝙸.” 𝙰𝚜 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚘𝚗’𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢! 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚘𝚗’𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝟻𝟹, 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎. 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊, 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚍𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗. 𝙳𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝟸𝟼𝟶 𝚕𝚋𝚜. 𝚝𝚘 𝟷𝟺𝟶 𝚕𝚋𝚜. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝, 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟹, 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟽, 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚎.
RIVER FUCKING PHOENIX
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PRINCE: SIGN 'O' THE TIMES - MIDNIGHT MADNESS
𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎’𝚜 𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝙾' 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚡𝚜𝚎𝚝. 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 - 𝙴𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝟸 - 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝙶𝚞𝚢. (CLICK HERE )
Cracked Actor
Grave at Los Angeles’ Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary.
HERE LIES... JACKIE COLLINS
The English romance novelist is entombed at Pierce Brothers Memorial Village Memorial Park & Mortuary. Collins is the younger sister of actress Dame Joan Collins.
RISE OF THE LAST UNICORN (DOROTHY STRATTEN)
CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: DOROTHY STRATTEN (ISSUE #2)
DEAD AGAIN: THE RISE OF THE LAST UNICORN (DOROTHY STRATTEN)
CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: DOROTHY STRATTEN (ISSUE #2).
MARILYN DEAD!
CLICK HERE for DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: MARILYN OF AVALON (ISSUE # 11) and find out why do historians ignore this year and a half of Marilyn’s life - 8 months before becoming MARILYN!
COMING ATTRACTIONS: THE POLTERGEIST CURSE
DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: THE POLTERGEIST CURSE fanzine coming soon. It’ll cover the many mysterious (and not so mysterious) deaths relating to the Poltergeist movies. Do you believe the movies are cursed?
If you want a head start, CLICK HERE for a copy of DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: STALKED! (Issue #7) where we cover the life of Dominique Dunne, the teenage sister in the first “Poltergeist” movie who was murdered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend. It’s truly as fascinating as it is terrifying.
DEATHIVERSARY: ORVILLE REDENBACHER (September 19, 1995)
DEATHIVERSARY: ORVILLE REDENBACHER (July 16, 1907 – September 19, 1995) reminds me of spending summers as a kid in Denton, Texas watching the Golden Girls with my grandparents and snacking on Orville Redenbacher popcorn. I’d stand over the stove with my grandma watching Redenbacher’s face expand on the popping pan. Redenbacher was a food scientist who became an “agricultural visionary who single-handedly revolutionized the American popcorn industry.” He became a cultural icon by appearing as his company's official spokesman, wearing a trademark outfit in public that included horn-rimmed glasses and a bow tie. I hadn’t thought about him in forever and was surprised to learn how he died. On September 19, 1995, Redenbacher was found dead in the Jacuzzi of his condominium in Coronado, California. He had suffered a heart attack and drowned. On the September 23, 1995, edition of Siskel & Ebert, Ebert eulogized Redenbacher by calling him "a man who took popcorn seriously, as seriously as we take the movies." Siskel added that Redenbacher “he was a scientist who came up with a new strain of popcorn that really kept that whole industry alive… that's a real contribution” to the movies.
